handmaid

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈhændˌmeɪd/ (US)

Definition of handmaid

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
    “And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:”
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noun

  1. (historical)A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
    “And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:”
  2. A moth of the species Dysauxes ancilla.

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English handemayde, hand-maide, handmaide, handmayd, hand mayde, hand-mayde, haundmaid, hondemayde, hondmaide, hond-mayde. By surface analysis, compound of hand + maid, the first component in the sense of "ready at hand".

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